What does aurapten mean?

aurapten

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"Citrus, as members of the Rutaceae, can synthesize both coumarins and furanocoumarins and are rich in dimethylallylated and/or geranylated compounds (see Fig 1 ) such as bergamottin (5-geranyloxypsoralen), aurapten (7-geranyloxycoumarin) or imperatorin (8-dimethylallyloxypsoralen)."

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